Eyeglass-hook.



No. 873,701. PATENTED DEC. 17, 1907. J. Q, ADAMS. EYEGLASS HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12. 1906.

WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEY r": nomzls PETERS c0., vusnwcrou, n. c.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THOMASSKELLY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

EYE GLASS-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 1907.

Application filed June 12* 1906- Serial No. 321310.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN QUINCY ADAMs, a citizen of the United States,residing'at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inEyeglass-Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in hooks foreyeglasses and the like, and has for its object to provide anexceedingly sim 1e and effective device of this description w 'ch willovercome the disadvantages attendant upon the use of the pres ent formof hook in that the eyeglasses may be attached thereto and supportedthereby without the liability of bemg accidentally detached, or may bereadily removed from the hook while the hook presents no exposed pointsor angles for the clothing or hands of the wearer to be injured therebya further object of my invention is so to construct the hook that itwill guide the bow of the eyeglass in place when attaching it to thehook, and also guide the bow of the glasses when detaching it from thehook.

With these ends in view, this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and thenspecifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describeits construction in detail, referring by letter to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specification, in which my improvement isshown in side elevation.

In carrying out my invention ashere embodied I take a single piece ofmetal or other suitable material and so bend it as to form the body A,hook B, and guard C. The

guard C is in the form of a loop or eye the end thereof terminating incontact with the body thus permitting the bow of the eye-glasses to bepassed beneath the free end of this hook when being inserted therein orwithdrawn therefrom.

When the bow of the eye-glasses is inserted within the hook it cannot beaccidentally displaced as it would be necessary for the bow to be turnedsidewise and upward to disengage it from the hook, yet when it isdesired to remove the eye-glasses from the hook it is only necessary tograsp one of the lenses, turn it so the bow will lie vertically when bymoving it upward it will come in contact with the end of the guard C andthen by a slight turning and outward movement the bow will be freed fromthe hook. In inserting the bow of the eye-glasses in the hook thecurvature of the "guard C and hook B will :serve as a guide so that thewearer has only to place the bow of the glasses against the hook orguard when it Will be guided to the free end of the hook and permittedto pass thereunder.

One of the particular advantages of my improvement is that both the freeends of the guard and hook are protected against entanglement with theclothing of the wearer and also against catching the hands of the Thebody of the device may either have a I pin formed therewith or aseparate pin may be soldered or otherwise secured thereto as indicatedin the drawing, D representing the pin and E the guard under which thepoint of the pin may be forced so as to prevent the accidentaldetachment of the device.

Of course I do not wish to be limited in the use of my improvement toeye-glass hooks as there are many other places where it may beadvantageously used, nor'do I wish to be limited to the kind of pinformed with or secured thereto, as the gist of my invention rests in thebroad idea of forming a hook from a single piece of material, the endsof which are protected by being turned inward and which will act as aguide in attaching or detaching the article to be supported.

Having thus fully describedmy invention, what'I claim as new and useful,is

An eye-glass support consisting of a single piece of metal so bent as toform a body, a hook and a guard, the hook being bent in- Ward, its endterminating in close proximity In testimony whereof, I have hereunto tothe body, the guard being also bent inafiixed my signature in thepresenceof tWo Ward, its end terminating in contact With the subscribingWitnesses.

body and in close proximity to the end of the JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 5 hook,and a pin carried by the body for Witnesses:

attaching the device to a suitable object, as HARRY T. STODDART,

specified. E. KRAMER.

